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Movies opening this week

By Mercury News staff

Posted:
11/22/2012 12:00:00 AM PST

Opening FRIDAY

"Chasing Ice" (NR): This documentary follows a National Geographic photographer as he tries to capture evidence of climate change through time-lapse photography in the Arctic. San Francisco and Berkeley only.

"Hitchcock" (PG-13): This film is a dramatized account of British auteur Alfred Hitchcock's making of the landmark 1960 film "Psycho" and its toll on his personal life, including his marriage to Alma Reville. Anthony Hopkins stars as Hitchcock, with Helen Mirren as Alma and Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh. San Francisco only; opens elsewhere Nov. 30.

"Holy Motors" (NR): An enigmatic businessman travels around Paris by limousine to a series of appointments that involve him donning elaborate disguises and acting out unusual scenarios. In French with subtitles.